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440 G. King— Materiah for a Flora of the Malayan Peninmla. [No. 3, 
which are the onJj ones known. It m tlierefore doubtful whether they 
rpaUy lielong (o the former which, but for the pubeHcence on the under 
surface of the leaves, might belong to N. glabrtm, Noronha. 
10. POMETIA, J. R. & Forst. 
Tall trees. Leaves alternate, pinnate j leaiets subopposite, entii-e 
or seiTftte (the lowest pair usually stipulifoim). B^icemes giiaple or 
panicled, elongated, sleBtler. Floioers regular^ polygamous, fitscicled, 
Bmall, shorter than their pedicels. Calyx cup-shaped» valvat© 
in bnd, FefaU 5-4, small, usually without scales. Disc complete, 
annnlar, lohed. Stamens 4-8, nmially inserted within the disc, at 
len^b nmch exserted ; anihei's stnall. Omry 2-3-coccous and -celleil ; 
ovules BoJitary. Sty^ elongated ; dig^na obtuse, emarginate. Fmit 
1-2-coccons ; lobes Bubglobose or ellipsoidal, indehiscont, smo«ith. 
(Seecfs exalbuminoaR, covered with a mucilaginous aril, — Distrib. Spetiies 
about 4, in Malaya Ceylon and Australasia. 
Calyx and leaflets quite glabrooa, panicles sub- 
glabrauR,*, ... .,. X. F. marrocnypa. 
Calyx always pubescent, leaflets glabi'ous or 
pubescent; iiifloresceuce pnberalous or pubes- 
cent. 
Leaves 12 to 24 in. long 2. P. pinnafa. 
Leaves 3 to 8 in. long 
Leaflets oblanceolate, caudate-acumiuate ; 
petals oblong, much longer than the calyx ; 
panicles much longer than the leaves ... 3» P. gracilis, 
Leaflettt oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, not 
caudate -acuminate ; petals often absent, if 
piteseut rotund and not much exceeding the 
calyx J panicles not longer than the leaves 4. P. alnifoUa, 
1. PoMETiA MACR0CARPA,Kura5 in Jooro. As. Soe. Bengal, Yol. XLIV, 
pt. II, (1875), p. 205. A glabrous tree ; leaves 9 to 12 in. long, iho 
rachises glabrous and the petioles thickened at the base : leojiets coria- 
ceoQB, oblong or elliptic-oblong, slightly unequal- sided, shortly acumi- 
nate, the edges with remote glandular teeth, the base rounded ; both aur- 
facfis quite glabrous, the lower paler and with the reticulations distinct, 
the midrib prominent on both ; main nerves 15 to 18 pairs, spreading, 
depressed on the upper, prominent on the lower surface ; length 4'.5 to 
6 in., breadth 1'75 to 2 in ; potiolules '2 in., stout. Fanicles axillary, 
about as long aa the leaves, with several sub-glabrooa racemoid bran- 
ches bearing the flowers in cy mules, Flmoers *1 in* in diam., on glabrous 
pedicels thrice as long as tbemselves, Qalyst glabrous, 5-iobed. F^taX 
